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NEAIHA
Mission Statement
The New England American Industrial Hygiene Association (NEAIHA) serves
its members in the following ways:
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Providing accurate and up to date information in the fields of Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Health, Safety, Environmental affairs through meetings, seminars, and training sessions that will be of value to its members;
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Promoting the fields of Industrial Hygiene and occupational health and safety to the public and private sectors;
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Serving as a liaison between local membership and AIHA national.
We are always looking for new members and welcome you to join NEAIHA. If you are currently a member, we encourage your feedback along with any ideas you may for presentations, speakers, or making us and even better organization.
SAVE THE DATE FOR UPCOMING SPRING MEETING!
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 – NEAIHA Spring Dinner Meeting and Workshop: Exposure Assessment of Nanomaterials: Bridging the gap between research and IH practice
Speaker: Dhimiter Bello, Sc.D, University of Massachusetts at Lowell
This workshop will provide industrial hygienists with a unique opportunity to participate in post-presentation discussion sessions that will allow a more in-depth conversation around the topic of nanomaterial assessment.
The Best Western
380 Winter Street
Waltham, MA 02451
This meeting is being sponsored by Pharmaceutical Containment Technologies www.pctamericas.com.
Details and registration information to follow.
NEAIHA ROBERT WEKER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
The New England local section of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) is proud to offer a $1,500.00 scholarship to an NEAIHA member or immediate family (spouse or child) of an NEAIHA member. The NEAIHA member must be in good standing with the local section (e.g., membership dues are current). The scholarship will be awarded to a student meeting the curriculum requirement of being enrolled in a minimum four-year accredited undergraduate program or accredited graduate program concentrating in industrial hygiene, safety, occupational health, or environment. The scholarship is open to full-time students and part-time students.
The application deadline is May 1, 2010, and the successful candidate will be announced at the June evening dinner meeting at which time the scholarship will be presented.
Plan ahead for next year’s conference!
Wednesday, October 27th,
2010 -
Four Points Sheraton
Norwood, MA
NEAIHA-Greater
Thursday, January 28, 2010
NEAIHA held a joint evening meeting with the Greater
Boston Chapter (GBC) of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) at
The Best Western in
NEAIHA also recognized two departing members of the Executive Committee for their service to NEAIHA: Corey Briggs for his long service in the three Presidential roles and as Director and John Dembrowski as Director.
The meeting was graciously sponsored by Fire and Rescue Training, Inc.
Marcella R. Thompson, PhD(c), MS, CSP, RN, COHN-S, FAAOHN (pictured above) presented a case study and discussed recommendations on responding to mercury contamination.
John Dembrowski is pictured above on the
left with
Corey Briggs is pictured above on the left
with
Emails and Other
Communication
We are doing almost all of our
communication electronically these days. Please let us know if you are
not receiving email correspondence of if your contact information changes.
Contact NEAIHA Secretary Bob Weker at
rweker@gmail.com
or rweker@post.harvard.edu with
any changes.
2009 NEAIHA Dues
NEAIHA local section dues for
2009 are due. Since we are on a fiscal calendar similar to AIHA
national we would appreciate you paying dues in a timely manner. You
can pay dues via
Memberclicks or by check.
If you are unsure of your membership status contact
NEAIHA Secretary Bob Weker at
rweker@gmail.com or
rweker@post.harvard.edu or at (617)
324-0043.
Free
Government Sponsored ABIH Credited Courses on the Web
The AIHA Chicago Section
has compiled a list of free online courses from FEMA that can be taken for
CM points on the web. See the list with course links at
Also
click here for a list of the
more recent additional courses. Thanks go to Mary Corrigan for bringing this
to the Executive Committee’s attention and the
AIHA List Serve
The AIHA list serve is good source of IH information and a way to keep abreast of issues confronting industrial hygienists around the country and world.
To subscribe to the AIHAIH-list, send a blank (subject line and message) e-mail message to: aihaih-list-subscribe@YahooGroups.com
Industrial Hygiene Video Educational Tool
Not sure if you have seen this film from AIHA but we thought we’d provide
you with a link that can be used to educate employees, management, and the
public in general on industrial hygiene. Please feel free to spread the
word:
mms://wm.dvlabs.com/batv/AIHA_StudentVideo.wmv.
NEAIHA Website Consultant/Vendor Listing
Are you a consultant or a vendor who would like to get some valuable exposure to the IH and OHS community in the New England region? If so, please read the attached correspondence and get your company information posted on the Consultant/Vendor section of the NEAIHA website.
This correspondence also includes information if you would like to sponsor a NEAIHA meeting in 2010..
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